The Modern Religion Series Conclusion: Fourteen Doors, One Very Curious Human
Fourteen religions, one curious tour, and a surprisingly practical question: how do we live together without turning every difference into…
Religion
Episode 14: Zoroastrianism, or How to Choose Good Thoughts Before Your Brain Starts Freelancing for Chaos
One of the world’s oldest religions asks a question that still lands right in the middle of modern life…
Episode 13: Sikhism, Or How to Build a Faith Around One God, Honest Work, and Feeding Everybody
A young religion with a big idea: one God, honest work, and feeding everybody, which sounds simple until humanity starts…
Episode 12: Scientology, Spiritual Freedom, and a Modern Religious Path
Curious about the modern faith that promises to remind you of what you already knew deep down…
Episode 11: Mandaeism, or How to Keep the River in the Story
A tiny ancient religion, sacred rivers, stubborn survival, and one of history’s …
Episode 10: Judaism, or How to Survive for Millennia While Arguing With Great Style
Judaism in one thoughtful, funny, …
Episode 9: Jainism, or How to Take Nonviolence So Seriously That Even Your Footsteps Need a Conscience
If some religions ask, “How should a person live well?” Jainism walks into the room and calmly replies, “First, maybe stop harming literally everything you can avoid harming.” Which is not a small suggestion. Jainism is one of the world’s oldest living religious traditions, and it does not do casual ethics. It does not dabble … Read more
Episode 8: Islam, Submission, Community, and the Discipline of Daily Meaning
Before we step into this one, here is the doorway into the wider series: The Modern Religion Series: Many Paths, One Curious Human. Islam is one of those traditions that is so globally present, so historically influential, and so internally diverse that trying to summarize it in one sitting feels a little like trying to … Read more
Episode 7: Hinduism — A Very Old Conversation About Life, the Universe, and Everything
A friendly exploration of Hinduism: its ancient origins, ideas about life and duty, and how a 3,000 year old tradition still shapes the modern world.
Married, Not Mummified: Keeping the Flame Alive After the Honeymoon Period
Marriage, desire, law, religion, and the fine art of not turning your spouse into a roommate with matching tax forms.